Top 10 student friendly jobs in Australia
There are many companies in Australia that offer student friendly jobs to International and local students in Australia. This article helps for prospective students to prepare themselves before moving to Australia and helps the current students to apply for any jobs missed listed below. When I was granted a visa to Australia as a student, I was not aware, what sort of jobs can I work in and how to search for them. In order to help students like me, I have thought of writing about student friendly jobs available in Australia.
#1. Retail: This industry mainly constitutes of super markets, grocery stores, petrol stations and clothing stores. This industry has major employers that accept part time employment on a huge basis. Some of the jobs offered are Check out operators, console operators, store person, warehouse packing, cleaners etc. Some of the employers to remember are Coles, Woolworths, ALDI, Kmart, Myers, Reject Shop, etc. Only skill required for these jobs are standing for long hours. The jobs in this industry are mostly shift based.
#2. Hospitality: Australia has a huge variety of restaurants. As we know Australia is a multicultural country and you find different cuisines at one place. You can work in various restaurants as waiter/waitress, kitchen hand, cleaners etc. Some of the employers to remember are Hungry Jacks, McDonalds, Subway, Red Rooster etc. The jobs are mostly shift based.
#3. Travel and Tourism: This is another famous industry for students. This enables you to work in hotels motels or any major events. The jobs offered are cleaners, receptionists or organisers for any event. Some of the employers to remember are Sydney events, Sydney cricket ground, Olympic park events etc. This does not require any special skills and mostly these jobs are seasonal.
The other way is using your car as a taxi by registering with Uber services and Ubereats. You can work as a taxi driver. To work as a taxi driver, you need to possess relevant Australian license. These form the best student friendly jobs because of the flexibility.
#4. Agricultural: This industry is seasonal in nature. Australia has many farms located outside the city. There may be a high demand for some of the tasks of farming during certain months of the year. The jobs include Fruit picking and packing. You can keep an eye on this if you like physical work. However, this might not be suitable for you during your course time as this demands more physical energy. You can keep as an option during your course break. You can find them on seek.com.au or careerone.com.au under seasonal jobs.
#5. Sales and Telemarketing: This best suits if you have good communication skills with good telephone and business etiquettes. There are many jobs like door to door sales, telephone sales or customer care. The employers to remember are Seek or Careerone under sales and marketing.
#6. Administration or clerical roles: This has wide variety of jobs ranging from receptionist to a book keeper. This is good for students who have some previous experience in these fields. Some of the jobs offered are data entry clerks, telephone operators, book keepers, etc. You can find these jobs in local newspapers and various career websites like Seek, Jora, Indeed etc. As a student, I worked as an Accounts payable clerk that involved data entry of invoices. This has laid path to my professional career.
#7. Tutoring: You can work as a tutor for a university or school. You can also teach as a private tutor for high school students at evening tutor institutes. Alternatively, you can work advertise yourself with the subjects you teach in gumtree or tradingpost or Facebook market place. There are some online tutor websites like Khan Academy where you can teach subjects online.
#8. Freelancing: Are you good at Web designing or preparing dashboards or programming?. Yes, you can work as a freelancer by creating your profile in certain websites. Based on the quote and deadline of the project; the employer pays you the money. You can work in your own timings and at your own place. Please find the list of websites that offers freelancing work.
#9. Aged Care: Are you studying hospitality or community services? This is the industry for you. Australia has high demand for aged care personnel. These jobs pay good hourly rate and help you to pay your fees and living expense by yourself. This job is for someone who has real passion about community service.
#10. Automotive: Almost everyone in this country has a car. This suggests that there is a demand for services relating to maintenance of vehicles. Maintenance of car involves car washes or repairs and maintenance. However, Car Repairs require certain skills but car washes do not require any. There are many car wash stations almost in every corner of the city. Hence, students can think of working in this area to earn some extra cash.
Sometimes, job search is tiresome and depressing. You may apply for hundreds of jobs with no response, just think where you are lacking and apply again. I applied for many jobs to get my first job in Australia. At some point, I was depressed and thought I cannot get job in Australia. Thereafter, I realized the mistakes I made in applying for the jobs. Later, improved the resume highlighting my strengths and applied.
Fom my experience, the quicker we improve our resume and search, the quicker the job we get. The bottom line is keep trying.
Jack Ma founder of Alibaba.com says “Today is hard, Tomorrow will be worse, but the Day after Tomorrow will be sunshine”. I hope this applies to any situation of our life. So, Never give up.
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